THK OMAHA DAILY HEE: FRIDAY. JUNE 30, 1905.
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Ilussluu uuvul otticera iu tho Black sua
may usk for duty at Xhb seat of war iu
lieu ot tha usuul vucutlon.
It Harvard wins two bout races at
many more ineetlugu it will not bother
much about. producluK KtuteKUieu. ....
' St. Paul is to . have au '"automobile
carnival." Here is a hint for tlie lnau
ngers of Ak-Sar-beu's forthcoming gale
ties. ,
1 The Ohio democratic' platform is such
an easy reading document that it is easy
believe those who frumed it had little
hone of political success.
. 'Governor I'euuypackcr may be as de
sirous of muzzling tho plena as ever, but
he has Bald nothing on the subject since
the late Philadelphia rtlsrtotires.
This discussion of "the New York dia
lect" would be unnecessary had James
Whltcouib Klley only been born in
Gotham rather tint n In Indiana.
CLOSE OF TUB FISCAL YKAR-
The fiscal yenr of the federnl govern
ment ends today and within a few days
the country will have a full statement
of the condition of the national treasury.
According to the latest estimates there
Is certain to be a deficit of about $3,
(MHi.ono, which is somewhat lens than had
been Indicated n few months ago. though
considerably more than was estimated
by the secretary of the treasury In his
last annual report, which was w am
nio. The deficit for the fiscal year of
x4 amounted to nearly $42,000,000.
There will be little change in the
figures for 11X15 from those of 1!04 In
the government's receipts. It Is noted
that the falling off in receipts from
customs duties and internal revenue
taxes that occurred last year in compari
son with 11(03 has leen repeated during
the current year, the total amount from
these two sources in 10O4 aggregating
$414,000,000, Just about the amount they
promise to yield this year. Customs re
ceipts will probably show a decline from
those of two years ago. The expeudl-
ures for the present fiscal year .will
exceed those of the preceding year by
about $3.-,00,000, of course deducting
the Panama canal payment from last
year's account. The New York Commer
cial remarks that the way that this
steady falling off in revenue and Jn-
rease In expenditures are eating into
the treasury's resources is strikingly
shown by the rapid manner in which
the available cash balance has melted
away In the last two yers. It notes
that on June 30, 1D03, when the govern
ment receipts disclosed a handsome sur
plus over expenditures, that balance
mounted to $240,000,000 In round num-
ers, while now It Is down to about
$138,000,000. Even after deducting the
rnnama canal payment the treasury's
vailable balance Is $.S2,000,000 less than
It was two years ago. That paper sug
gests that it will take only about twenty
months of such work to land the govern
ment high and dry financially.
The figures thus presented and which
will not be materially altered by the
official statement, while not giving any
warrant for apprehension, still forcibly
suggest the necessity for some action by
the next congress with n view to either
reducing the expenditures of the govern
ment or increasing the revenues. The
former is the more desirable if It can
be done without any impairment of the
efficiency of the public service. It Is the
opinion of not a few public men that a
reduction of expenditures is not practi
cable and in fact that they must lnevlt-
ably increase with the growth of the
country. If this view be correct then
the revenues of the government will
have to be Increased. This alternative
has. been a good deal discussed, disclos
ing a considerable sentiment In , favor
of such a revision of tariff rates as'would
promote Importations and on the other
hand a perhaps stronger sentiment fa
vorable to adding to the internal revenup
taxes.
There -hi thus presented for the con
sideration of the nejt .congress a prob
lem which is pretty certain to prove
disturbing to the party in power. No
confident prediction can be made as to
what Is likely to be done, but it is quite
safe to say that there will be action in
tended to put a stop to deficits, which
are unsatisfactory and more or less dis
quieting. The national treasury Is in
an entirely sound condition and the pub
lic credit Is unimpaired, but In order
that this shall continue It Is manifestly
necessary that either expenditures be re
duced or revenues be Increased.
Remember that cigarettes cannot be
made, sold or given away iu Nebraska
on and after Saturday next, and all you
can dp with the old ones is to smoke
them.
The St. Petersburg government evi
dently fears the home' population worse
than it 'does the Japanese; but that fear
is less for Uussla than for the govern
ment
Some Georgians will no doubt object
to that form of race equality which
causes a white man to te lynched with
negroes; but politics will not be blamed
for this 'crime.
The report that Kouropatklu was In
J n red In battle must have been sent out
to save that officer from Interviews re
garding the forthcoming retreat of Gen
eral Liuevltch.
From the number of tralus "in the
ditch" recently It would seem to be "up
to" the roadmasters to abolish the ditch
unless the operating ' department abol
ishes the accidents.
The new directors of the Equitable do
not bear such prominent names as those
who resigned, but It is to le hoped they
will exerclsu a more active vigilance
over the proceedings.
Hy the time an automobile is doe
orated with all the various numbers and
signals required by . our state, city and
village regulations It will probably most
resemble a lotto board.
marks an eastern paper in referring to
the estimated July disbursements for
dividends and Interest, "they can be elo
quent to a point unattainable by mere
words. If there really has been a de
pression of legitimate business It Is per
fectly plain that there has Weu a thor
ough recovery from It." Although the
gain over a yenr ago Is not very large.
It Is still sufficient to show that there has
been no good reason for those pessi
mistic views and predictions which have
occasionally been heard since the begin
ning of the present year. What the fig
ures evidence Is that there has been
steady progress made during the past
twelve months In all branches of busi
ness and that the onward movement Is
being maintained. There Is no gainsay
ing to the testimony conveyed in the fig
ures of dividend and Interest disbursements.
A PLACE FUlt REtORM.
The people of Nebraska are again hi
the predicament of having a batch of
new laws go Into effect without having
any means of ascertaining what those
laws are. Acts thut were hitherto Inno
cent have been made criminal and pen
alties attached for the commission or
omission of things specified iu the stat
utes may be Incurred without the slight
est realization of the offense. The.rea-1
sou for this is that the printed copies
of the laws enacted by the last legisla
ture have not yet Issued from the press,
although the constitution Is explicit in
requiring their publication and distribu
tion within sixty days after the adjourn
ment of the session.
While there Is nothlug novel in this
predicament. It is high time that a re
form should be Inaugurated. The excuse
glveu for the delay-Jn publishing the
session laws Is that the statute has
changed the seat of responsibility from
the secretary of state to a printing
board, and that the act creating the
printing board allows twenty days to
get ready and ten days for the consid
eration of bids, thus consuming half of
the constitutional sixty days and leaving
inadequate time to do the work.
This excuse will not hold good. There
Is nothing whatever to prevent the state
printing board from letting its contract
for printing the session laws before the
legislature adjourns, nor for the con
tractor from securing certified copies of
the laws as they are .signed and begin
ning his part of the work at once. With
any sort of expedition and reasonable
co-operation between the different bodies
having to do with the publication of the
laws, the completed volume could easily
be ready for distribution within sixty
days after the close of the session.
If the state printing board cannot de
vise a method of getting session laws
published in book form within the time
specified in the constitution, arrange
ments should be made to have these
laws published In one or more official
newspapers, so that the necessary pub
licity would not be wanting. This ought
to be done anyway with all laws passed
with the emergency clause with a view
to taking effect immediately and of
which, at present, persons affected have
no means of Informing themselves.
A Kate registrar of births and deaths
to operate under the jurisdiction of the
state medical board will be appointed
under the new law. Here Is a soft berth
for some statesman out of a job.
SPEED AND SAFETY.
In regard to tho elghteeu-hour trains
between New York and Chicago, the
Journal of Commerce says that the rail
roads should vie with each other not
only In speed but In safety of operation
tind excellence of management. It re
marks that this fast train rivalry should
have the effect of stimulating those en
gaged in it to the utmost effort for
safety, in the character of the roadbed
and equipment, appliances for the avoid
ance of danger aud in sleepless vigilance
in operation and service. AU this Is of
course essential whatever the speed, but
it is especially bo in the case of trains
that run a mllo or more a minute.
Some of the foreign visitors to the In
ternational railway congress were re
ported to have expressed the opinion
that the speed of American trains is
little short of reckless and this seems to
be the view of the Railway Age, which
observes that "In the clrcumstunees we
fancy neither the home public, nor dis
interested American railway men, nor
the stockholders of the companies con
cerned, nor foreign critics will express
much sympathy with the new elghteen
hotir ambition. All of them are far more
likely to say that twenty hours from
Chicngo to New York by either route Is
fast enough." That there is any legltl
mate demand for thes fast grains may
well be doubted tifad that 'they are not
profitable to the railroads, but the active
rivalry letwceu the New York Central
aud Pennsylvania will doubtless induce
ttotb to maintain the fast tralus and It
U not to be doubted that they will re
ceive the patronage of those to whom a
saving of two hours Is regarded as lm
portaut.
Among other things prohibited by the
Fourth of July proclamation Issued by
the mayor of Lincoln is "the use of all
explosives on the street car tracks to be
exploded by the passage of the cars."
The explosion of torpedoes on the street
car tracks has become one of the most
annoying of the refinements of latter
day Fourth of July celebrations, and
while perhaps not especially dangerous,
constitutes a nuisance that ought to be
abated. If It can be abated in Lincoln,
it can be abated elsewhere.
Among the unpopular laws enacted by
the late legislature, which Is about to go
Into effect, is a law to impose a poll tax
of $2 or two days' work upon roads
within five miles of the corporate limits
of any town or city. We apprehend
able-bodied men will pay the $2 rather
than work two days on public roads for
$1 a day.
The open season for the shooting of
prairie chickens has been extended by
the new law to three months, and for
the shooting of quail to two weeks under
the new law that goes luto effect July 1
Prairie chickens and quail out, on a lark
will take due notice and govern them
selves accordingly.
If Saunders county were uot down ou
the political map so loug us Irretrievably
popocrutlc, Its complete surrender to the
so-called Elevator trust would be a
tweutleth century puzzle problem.
Last time word was, received from the
water works appraisers the farthest
dute set for the completion of their re
port was July 1. It will be Interesting
to kuovr what date is fixed by the latest
bulletin.
Imported pheasants and partridges are
protected under the new game law. but
how Is any Nebraska sportsman to know
an Imported pheusant from an unlui
ported on unlets tho owner wrapt a red
collar around bis neckf
DIVIDENDS FOR JILT.
Dividend disbursements for July It la
estimated will amount in round num
bers to $140,000,000, a gain over the dis
bursements for the corresMndlng month
of lust year of more than $o,0O0,000. To
this guln the railroads contribute nearly
a million aud the Industrial corporations
more than a million. It Is noted that as
compared with a year ago bank and
trust company dividends, In spite of the
fact that money rates ruled on a low
basis, show a small increase. It Is fur
ther noted that In couuectlon with the
Industrial dividends there are some par
ticularly reassuring indications. The
falling off iu certain distinctly specula
tlve directions Is more than compensated
by the gain in returns from securities
which represent the more useful indus
tries, i y .
connected with the Equitable Life, but who
dlfd thirteen months ngn, tins continued to
draw his salary during all that period. This
gentleman. If any one, ought to be able to
play even with the undertaker.
Good Miser of Trouble.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It must be admitted, however, that the
disinterested party at present engaged In
stirring up the spirit of revolt In Russia
exhibits all the characteristics of an old
hand at the business.
Time for Thoughtful Study.
Chicago News.
While little Johnny Is Informing himself
as to the latest varieties of high explo
sives and other Implements of celebratory
torture, his parents should read up on the
latest styles In antiseptics.
Will the Parallel Work Out.
Chicago Chronicle.
In Russia the situation begins to assume
a sinister resemblance to the conditions In
France In 1792. In Russia now as In Franca
then we se a weak and vacillating mon
arch, a corrupt and arrogant aristocracy,
a sullen and disaffected peasantry and the
working classes of the cities raising the
red standard of the commune. The parallel
Is close enough to prepare us for anything
that may happen In Russia.
Jolt tor Judicial Dignity.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
There are Intimations that Secretary Taft
Is still too young and frisky to think of
participating In the solemn tnsrehes of the
Judges of the supreme court of the United
States. As that august body crossed the
public corridor on the way from the robing
room Judge Taft might notice some old
friend from Cincinnati In the throng of
spectators. Then the dignity of the high
est tribunal might take a dreadful drop.
Some one might he encouraged to even cry
out: "Hello, Bill!"
NATCRAMZATIOM FRAVDS.
Necessity for Reform In the Operation
of the Law.
Boston Transcript.
It Is a great thing to be an American cltl-
sen If one Is born to that distinction or at
tains It by legitimate means; but about the
meanest specimen of humanity is he who
masquerades as, such and enjoys corre
sponding privileges, unless It may be the
man who helps him to carry out the fraud.
Yet there are doubtless thousands and per
haps tens of thousands of these usurpers
of sovereign privileges In our country, and
the laws seem to lend themselves In a
measure to their manufacture, or at least
they do not altogether prevent It. This
evil Is recognized In government circles,
and a board that Is now considering this
very grave question Is likely to recommend
to congress at its next session some radical
change In legislation governing naturaliza
tion.
The board has been appointed at the sug
gestion of the president, who has become
convinced that scandals. Involving bogus
citizenship by the wholesale, exist and
should be unearthed. In the first place
naturalization papers as now Issued lack
uniformity. Each court prepares papers
after its own fashion without reference to
the practice of other courts, and this In
discriminate exercise of a delicate power
naturally tends to abuse. Even the cor
poration courts of ths cities have power.
It is said, to naturalise aliens, and in that
privilege there Is an easily discernible
temptation. It Is this free and easy method
that brings out on election days In some
places such unexpected results. But more.
if not worse than that, Is the traffic In
bogus certificates which are printed and
bought and sold through the cities of
Europe, where they have a regular market
value. '
Another phase of this fraudulent practice
Is for foreigners who have been naturalized,
either legitimately , or otherwise, to send
their certificates to friends and relatives in
the countries from-which they came, to en
able them to secure admission to the United
States. Some 300 such cases were detected
at the port of New York alone last year,
while probably many more than that, which
were undetected, occurred. The recom
mendations of the board will probably point
to a considerable reduction In the number
and selection in the character of the courts
authorized to Issue naturalization papers,
These will be the courts of more respon
sible jurisdiction, and In addition It will
ask to have used a kind of paper that can
not be duplicated except In violation of the
law.
It Is even suggested that no naturallza
tion papers be Issued for a period of thir
teen days prior to a national or congres
sional election. These and some other pro
visions ought to strengthen the barriers
against admitting to citizenship through
fraud, those whom even our very liberal
laws now attempt to exclude.
Nebraska will be well represented at
the great meeting of the National Educa
tional association at Asbury Park next
week. Nebraska has the record for the
smallest percentage of Illiteracy In Its
population and Is entitled to a front seat
In any gathering of practical educators.
That million dollar donation of John
D. Rockefeller to Yale was so much in
line with President Roosevelt's remarks
at Harvard that some ungenerous people
may suspect an attempt to secure favar
able mention In Mr. Garfield's report of
the oil investigation.
Some republican itolltlciuns are al
ready discussing the question of early
or late state conventions this year. Last
year's convention was held May 18, so
that in comparison this year's conven
tion will be lute, no matter when it is
held.
A distinguished French savant who
has been visiting Chicago and Is now
Indulging his literary pen denounces
"Prophet" Dowle as "the limit." Walt
till Dowle visits Paris and returns to
tell what be saw.
That Equitable trusteeship seems to
have started Grover Cleveland to writ
lug president's messages again.
Begin Now.
New York Tribune.
China Is talking of boycotting American
goods. It might not be a bad Idea for
America to try to get along without the
firecracker.
Real Tblaar In Ghost Walking;.
Minneapolis Journal.
Among other Interesting Incidents it has
"Den ngur!-prove- prosperity, re- been discovered that a gentleman formerly
INFAMY Or REBATES.
Action Against Corporations for Vio
lating the Law.
Kansas City Star.
The sordldness that so largely enters Into
modern business methods Is particularly
Illustrated in the more or less "conven
tional" view that has been taken of rebates
by those who give and receive them. The
practice of favoritism, as In the case of
voluntary rebates, or of extortion, as in
the case ot enforced rebates, has become
so general that It was only when it was
first judged by the standard of common
Justice that Its Infamy and danger became
glaringly apparent. Under the general ex
planation that "business is business,"
which means practically that in the strug
gle for wealth any means to obtain bus!
ness Is fair so long aa It Is kept secret, the
methods of modern Industry and commerce
have reached a stage when It has become
Imperative that Ihe people shall assert
themselves against the privileged classes,
The railroads are constructed and oper
ated and titles to them are held by virtue
of the government, that is, by the grants
of the people. They are creatures of the
whole people. When, therefore, the rail
ways show preferences to one class of
shippers over another class of shippers they
at once violate the law of common equity
on which they are given life, and contribute
to the Inequality that constantly exists In
the struggle between the strong and the
weak. If the weaker were favored rather
than the strong the practice would not be
so reprenensiote, although In principle
equally unlawful. But rebates and kindred
concessions Invariably go to the strong-
10 tnose wno can offer the largest volum
or business.
John D. Rockefeller possesses a great
nuna tor Dusir.ess." His desire for monev
amounts , to a mania. Ills tuuiim fr
weaitn is insatiable, and his mastery of
niemous ana measures for aggrandlsemen
Is phenomenal. Even If he had been re
strlctea to right business methods bv th
enforcement of the law-for he never would
nave been restrained by the dictates of
conscience ne would have become a verv
rich man. But his extraordinary wealth
is aue primarily to rebates. The conces
sions he secured by persuasion or comnul
slon saved him tens of millions of dollars.
But they also gave him a cruel power over
competitors ana enabled him to crush hi
rivals, conflscatt. their properties, depress
or revive the market at will, and otherwise
contributed to hi vast, secret and sinister
soname or Business, which was as certai
and productive us the coining machinery
oi a great num.
t' vu no longer afford tn tni
erate rebates, aince it has come down to
that, let the action against the railways as
corporations proceed. That action. If It l
honestly and aKgressively prosecuted will
Inevitably reveal whether or not Individual
c-mciais are responsible for violations.
ROVSD ABOVT KF.W YORK.
Hippies on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.
A contest possessing all the eagerness of
a tax shirker pleading for a rod jot Ion In
valuation Is on between the backyard sci
entists of Harlem and Hoboken. Eminent
members of the tribe on both sides of
North river claim prior rights to a dis
covery that promises to revolutionize many
things and solve a few perplexing domestic
problems. The alleged discovery has to do
Ith the doterminntion of sex beforo birth.
While the scientists are squabbling for the
honors of discovery the Mothers' club of
Flatbush puts In a claim so well fortllled
Ith proof that the claims of "mere men
IU be ruled out as Irrelevant, immaterial
nd Innocuous. The discovery came about,
In this way: Iist year, along In June,
Just when Flatbush society was getting ac
tive with Its summer campaign, tho
mothers gave a peanut lawn party. Peanut
Ice cream was served In papier mache Imi
tations of peanut shells. The Japanese
paper napkins hnd a peanut design. There
were peanut waffles and peanut glace,
peanut bonbons and peanut butter sand-
Iches. It was one of the most' brilliant
social functions ever held tn Flatbush.
The Epworth league's peanut party for
the missionary fund eclipsed In Interest
even the croquet championships. The piece
de resistance on their bill of fare was
peanut fudge: a popular elocutionist re
cited "Uncle Rastus and the Peanuts" and
gave a shrieklngly amusing impersonation
of an Italian peanut man: the members
of the club were seen In a very pretty and
Instructive series of tableaux, representing
the course of a peanut from Its planting to
Its sale from a pushcart.
Next the Shakespeare club gave a peanut
fternoon, with papers on the growth and
cultivation of peanuts. There was a debate
on tho question, "Are Peanuts Indigest
ible?" The brides' cooking class devoted
two weeks to the study of peanut dainties.
The public mind was on tho subject and
the consumption of peanuts grew apace.
The number of pushcart men handling the
prize product of Georgia doubled and
trebled. Children cried for them. House-
Ives served peanut desserts at luncheon
and dinner. The autumn and spring stoop
parties on the front porches of Flatbush
gossiped and sparked over sacks of pea-
uts, until the sidewalks In tho morning
looked like Coney Island after a hard Sunday.
Well, spring broke, and tho population of
Flatbush went right on Increasing. Yet as
early as March doctors, clergymen, neigh
borhood gossips and others who notice such
things began to mark a strange fact. They
were all boys.
In one week of early March five citizens
of Flatbush, popular In church and women's
club circles, paced their parlor floors and
wrung their hands: and to them appeared
Ave nurses, who said:
boing nicely, sir, and It's a fine little
boy."
About the earns thing happened along
further Flatbush avenue. In two or three
days the doctors took to stopping their
barouches as they passed one another and
talking across the wheels In low, excited
tones.
Certainly beats all" they would say bo-
fore they drove on.
March 4 came; it was the day of Presi
dent Roosevelt's Inauguration, and the doc
tors and gossips and people who believed
In signs said that Flatbush ought to make
boy record for Itself that day. By a per
verse stroke of fate only two babies were
reported to the gossips on that day both
girls. They were named Theodora. And
everybody said that It was Just an accident
about those boys; things happen that way
sometimes.
Next day the scene Jumped back, and
ince then it has seemed to rain boys lh
Flatbusti. Hndearrlers and merchant
prince, bartenders and clergymen. Judge
and cop It was all boys for theirs. Now
and then a little girl came by way of va
riety. In every single case It was found
that the parents of the girl babies, crop of
the spring of 1905, were recluses from
church and women's club society.
The peanut parties of last year and 'the
boy crop of this year are regarded by the
scientists as related revelations, marking a
tremendous advance In human knowledge.
Meanwhile the Mothers' club of Flatbush
converse In baby lingo and wink the other
eye.
The pioneer 16-lnoh breech-loading coast
defense gun, which cost about J2TO.0OO to
build, is lying In a ditch at Sandy Hook
proving grounds, and may never be fired
again. The gun Is only three years old,
and has been discharged only abeut a
dozen times. One of the strong claims
made for the gun Is that, with proper
elevation. It Is possible to flre It at Sandy
Hook and land Its ton-weight projectile
In City Hall park, twenty-one miles away,
Even If the gun Is mounted again. It Is
said that a similar ride will never be
built by the government, because any ex
tended firing, even In practice, would make
a big Inroad In the United States treasury.
The weight of the gun Is so great as to
make It almost Impossible for Its builders
to construct a carriage strong enough to
hold It. The chief objection to the gun Is
that too many men are required to handle
It. More than half a ton of powder, cost
ing $:85, la needed to fire the gun's pro
jectile, which costs JrtOn, and Is about as
tall as an ordinary man. It was the in
tentlon of the government to build forty
guns Blmilar to the one which has been
sidetracked at the proving grounds. All
were to be jsed for coast defense.
FER90JAL SOTF.S.
New Tork feels more hopeful of Its fu
ture. "Plain sewing for boys" has been
eliminated from the school curriculum.
President Fnunce of Brown T'nlverslty, In
his baccalaureate sermon, said: "The most
efficient workeri of the modern world are
those who will not be hurried."
Foimer President Alexander of the
Equitable Is not feeling well. Lie claims
no advantage over the man who Inter
viewed the propeller of an able-bodied, but
low-minded mule.
In the new room. Just about completed In
the president's residence at Oyster Bay,
and which he has not yet seen, will be
hung a number of panels containing
trophies of the president's hunts.
Police Commissioner McAdoo of New
York has ordered the dlsbandment of a
military company which New York China
men formed recently, as he was Informed
that It was organized with the view of
returning to China and taking prt in a
big rebellion.
Even should the sultan of Morocco be
compelled to leave his country In a hurry
as a result of present complications he
will not do so In a penniless condition.
Some time ago he sent to Ports a trusty
messenger who Invested nearly $5,UiO,000 In
unset diamonds.
The Yorlcks of Montreal cemetery are
not right now as calmly meditative as the
profession Is presumed to be. The other
day a subject sat up In his coffin, stretched
his cerements of woe and yawned. Both
grave diggers fled and solemnly agreed to
stick to the water wagon.
Gallagher & Gallagher Is the name of a
new law firm In Cleveland, the members
being father and son. Both are graduates
of the same law school, which they en
tered together three years ago, Just after
young Gallagher left high school. They
graduated together, were admitted to the
bar at the same time and sido by side
took the oath. The father Is 43 years old
and the son nearly 22.
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky generally
drinks two cocktails before breakfast, Jus
tifying the double libation In this way:
"The first cocktail makes me feel like a
new man, and then, of course, I must
treat the other fellow." The senator's
remark might be regarded as a paraphrase
of what Richard Brlnsley Sheridan said
on one occasion: "I ripen an Idea with
a glass of port, and If the result be a
happy one another glass is the reward."
When the young king of Spain was In
London he one day saw a banner of wel
come bearing these words In tolerable
Spanish up to the last word: "Que vues
tro reinado, senor, sea largo y files," which
was intended to mean: "May your reign,
sir, be long and happy." But that last
word threw him Into fits of laughter. It
should have been "fellz." As It was It
meant nothing In Spanish, while In French,
a language with which his majesty Is fa
miliar, it Is equivalent to the American
"get out."
BLOOMS THK SIMMER CilRU
A
Glad Variation In an All Too
Melancholy World."
Baltimore American.
Is the bummer girl simply the sweet
girl graduate. Just escaped from classic
halls? Statlstilcs are silent, but It Is a
good guess that the girl graduate and tho
summer girl are largely identical. Only a
change In the plumage befitting the lake
side, seashore or mountain summit sur
roundings. Full of the new wine of life,
seeing things as they are not, but as they
ought to be, the summer girl is a glad
variation in an all too melancholy world.
Perfect, with the freshness and luster of
the new-blown rose, life upon the whole
world would be very much less beautiful
without her.
Perhaps there Is an entirely new crop
of summer girls with each season. Tho
bureau of statistics of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, which seems to be
gathering facts and figures and tabulating
information upon all sorts of odd Boclal
William Snyder, an animal keeper at the
Central park menagerie, was attacked by
Lanky Bob," one of the largest alligators
In captivity. The alligator lnclosure re
quired cleaning and Snyder was assigned
to the Job. The water was drawn on and
he entered the tank armed with a long
Iron shod pike.
With his pike Snyder "shooed" the
smaller alligators, but "Lanky Bob" re-
fused to go. Finding commands and prods
of no avail, Snyder dropped Into the tank
and prodded the monster from the rear,
The saurian then swung his tall and caught
the keeper unawares, knocking him against
the opposite side of the tank.
Half stunned by the blow, Bnyder lifted
his legs Just In time to escape the mighty
Jaws of the alligator. The keeper then
dealt the alligator a blow over the head and
held It against the side of the tank while
he worked. When the alligator would
wriggle free the keeper would hold It again
with his pike and Anally completed his task
Snyder then backed away to the edge and
vaulted to the ground, but quick as he was
"Lanky Bob" snapped and retained a strip
of cloth from Snyder s trousers as a me
men to of the visit.
The recent hot spell Just served its turn
In bringing forth one new drink. This Is
known as "The Skelly." This drink is not
sold at fashionable bars, but is confined
almost exclusively to the modest Jag re
fectorles of the Bowery. The "skelly" con
slsts of four Angers straight of ordinary
Rowerv whisky, followed Immediately by a
full nlnt tumbler of Ice water. The chaser
Is added to put out the Are in the hold he-
fore It gains headway. The effect is said to
be quite as quick as when the whisky is
taken neat. At least the morgue keeper
says so.
An Impressive Spectacle,
Springfield Republican.
This is Impressive news, to be sure, that
an assistant attorney general nas gone wes
to prosecute the Santa Fe company in the
rebate cases. AS tne worsi irmi can imp-
ncn to the company, under the president
orders, Is a fine of a few thousand dollars
Uch It will ne' er ml", or now mucn con
alienee becomes this prosecutlonf
subjects, should look Into the summer
girl problem and let us know whether tha
lust summer girl to any great extent Is
the this siimnier girl. And. If a summer
girl survives for two or more summers, It
would be mighty Interesting to know Just
how long a summer girl lasts. Is she a
summer glii every summer, clear up until
she marries? And does matrimony end
her?
At the beginning of his article It wS
assumed that girl graduates are generally
transformed Into summer girls, Just as
the northern bobolinks are supposed to
rhnngn Into rlee birds when they travel
down Into Alabama In the winter time.
But It Is certain that a girl graduate can
not last Indefinitely, any more than a bride
can stay a bride. However, the girl gradu
ate, transformed Into a summer girl, may
acquire a murh longer lense. I'pon full
reflection It seems not only possible, but
probable, that the summer girl does stay
in bloom for two and maybe three sum
mers sometimes.
After all, it Is perhaps best to take tha
summer girl as she Is, in the aggregate,
upon the average, without Instituting too
minute Inquiries Into her origin and history
without bothering about how she begins
or how she ends. That she is. Is sufficient.
Emerson says:
If eyes were made for seeing.
Then beauty is Its own excuse for being.
That fits the summer girl Just as exactly
as though ,the lines were written on her
account. She Is her own excuse for being.
All nature, Including that part of humanity
which is not summer girls, is glad that she
Is as she is.
TAHT TRIFLES.
Johnnv Pa, what's luck?
l'a Its what happens to you. When It
happens to nie It is the natural result of
bruins. New York Sim.
Mr. Got rox When I was your age, sir, I
didn't have a dollar.
Cliolly Gotrox- Well, dad. when I am
your age I probably won't have a dollar.
Puck.
"So the Jury gave Iiolly a week ali
mony?'' "Yes. She rays It feels so good not to ba
dependent on a man for ono s income."
Brooklyn Life.
"Sav." inquired the new reporter, "how
long does il usually take to decide a prize
fight?"
"Ion't you know?" replied the sporting
editor.
No. How long?" .
"Oh, Just about." Philadelphia Ledger.
Johnnv Papa, what is an optimist?
Father-A man who will promise to go to
another picnic while attending one. Judge. "
Miss Paloozer Doesn't that Spoonall
make you tired? I anked him tho other
evening what made him so lackadaisical
and he sighed and said it wns because he
lacked a daisy to brighten and sweeten his
life.
Miss Jellers No wonder you didn't like
that. He knows your name is Rose. Chi
cago Tribune.
Hewitt I see that a clergyman got four
vears for running away with a member of
his choir. , . . .
jewett That's too bad. A man who does
anvthing to break up a church choir Is a
public benefactor. New York Sun.
If a man smiles and looks pleased when
you pay htm a compliment, pay him an
other one. In time you may be able to
borrow money from him. Somervllle Jour
nal. FATE OF THE IMPIRE.
The shades of night were falling fast.
It seemed the daylight would not last.
When broke these words tho silence vast:
"Side's out."
Loudly the stand began to call.
Fierce was the mien of one and all,
Still rang the umpires savage bawl:
"Side's out."
Quick as the rise of summer storm,
Cp rose the crowd In angry storm,
While lingered still tho echo warm:
"Side's out."
Then as one man they gave a Jump,
Landing en masse upon the ump.,
Who had declaimed (the foolish chumpyt
"Side's out."
Then came the "doc." and shook his head.
Knelt on the ground, all moist and red;
"There are ten broken ribs," he said.
"Side's out."
Omaha. HARRY P. VAN ARSDALE.
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The best known remedy in all Amer
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THE PROOF.
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Lady's Slippt r (Cyprijrdium Pubescena).
Mack Cohosh (Cimiciluga Racemota).
Unicorn Root (Chameelirium Luleum).)i
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum).
Cioldun Seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), v
Kino's Amihican Disit.nsatort Satsi
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rhal states of the mucous membranes." '
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Our early American Indians set a
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gpntive conditions of tlie parts wK(r$
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anu lome, improving uuui hh-uibiiuq
und nutrition of the nerve renters,
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